Manikanda is a 2007 IndianTamilaction film directed by Selva. Arjun plays a dual role, that of father and son. The film, which began production in 2002, went through more production, and was finally released in 2007, was promoted as Jyothika's 'last release'. It is a remake of the 2000 Telugu movie Jayam Manadera. Manikanda was opened to mixed reviews.^[1]

Plot[edit]

Jayam Manadera, a Telugu movie, is not currently screening in Hyderabad.

1. The film, which began production in 2002, went through more production, and was finally released in 2007, was promoted as Jyothika's 'last release'. It is a remake of the 2000 Telugu movie Jayam Manadera.
2. Directed by N Shankar in 2000, Jayam Manadera is the fifth combined blockbuster for Venkatesh and Soundarya. Featuring the Victory Star in dual roles, the action-drama registered a thumping victory at the ticket counters and all the scenes canned in the Europe schedule received a fantabulous response from all quarters.

Raja (Arjun) lives in Mumbai with his father (Chandrasekhar). Mahalakshmi (Jyothika) comes to Bombay to get the blessings of a godwoman but since she is unable to meet Mataji immediately, she is forced to stay in Mumbai for 10 days and rents a guestroom among the many run by Raja. Love blossoms between Raja and Maha and when she returns to her village Maniyoor, he follows a few days later on her invitation. After he lands there, he comes to know of his own link to the village.

Cast[edit]

• Arjun as Manikanda/Raja (Dual Role)
• Jyothika as Mahalakshmi (Maha)
• Uma as Lakshmi M. Singh
• Vadivelu as Madhayaanai
• Ashish Vidyarthi as Balasingam
• Chandrasekhar as Veerasamy
• Nalini as Mahalakshmi's mother
• P. Vasu as Mahalakshmi's grandfather
• Priyanka as Maha's Friend
• Jeeva
• Vijay Ganesh

Production[edit]

Selva who earlier directed 'Karna' with Arjun announced the project in mid-2003. Jyothika was selected to play the lead role uniting with Arjun for second time after Rhythm. P. Vasu, Pasupathi, Ashish Vidyarthi were selected to play villains. There were rumours that film's title would be changed as 'Nanba' but later proved untrue.^[2] The film's story happens in a village called Keeripatti where elections were never held for so many years.^[3] MGR's hit song 'Mama Mama' has been remixed in this film.^[4] Due to financial crisis the film was shelved for sometime and Selva and Arjun went on to do Aanai.^[5] During the time, Selva shelved other projects like 'Ma.mu' (with Sathyaraj and Sibiraj) and 'Thotta' (with Jeevan and Priyamani which he later continued) and finished Nenjil with Navdeep.^[6] Project was restarted in 2006 with a change of storyline and it was finally completed.^[7]

Release[edit]

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Raj TV.^[8]

Critical reception[edit]

Hindu wrote: 'looks outdated'.^[9] Cinefundas wrote:'The scenes are disjointed, have many loose ends, and lack uniformity and a smooth flow. It’s only towards the end that it perks up'.^[10]

Soundtrack[edit]

Soundtrack was composed by Deva, with lyrics written by Piraisoodan, Na. Muthukumar and Kabilan.^[11] Virtual dj 7.0 5 serial.

References[edit]

1. ^http://www.thiraipadam.com/cgi-bin/movie_review.pl?id=549&user_name=bbalaji&review_lang=english&lang=english
2. ^http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/14290.html
3. ^http://www.behindwoods.com/News/26-5-05/keeri.htm
4. ^http://www.behindwoods.com/News/15-3-05/arjun_manikanda.htm
5. ^http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/03/11/stories/2005031100230200.htm
6. ^http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/may-06-02/11-05-06-nenjil-jil-jil.html
7. ^http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/14614.html
8. ^'Manikanda on Friday 14,10:30 PM on Raj TV November'. Burrp TV Guide. 14 November 2014. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
9. ^http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/04/06/stories/2007040602130300.htm
10. ^http://www.cinefundas.com/2008/02/10/manikanda-tamil-movie-review^{[permanent dead link]}
11. ^http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000696

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Jayam Manadera (transl. Victory is Ours) is a 2000 Tollywood action drama produced by D. Suresh Babu under the Suresh Productions banner, directed by N. Shankar. It stars Venkatesh, Soundarya, Bhanupriya in the lead roles and music composed by Vandemataram Srinivas. The film was recorded as a Super Hit at the box office.^[1] The film was the biggest opening grosser in Tollywood at its release. Later, the film was dubbed into Hindi as Dum: Man Of Power in 2011. The movie was also remade in Tamil as Manikanda.

Plot[edit]

Abhiram (Venkatesh) is a fun-loving guy who stays with his parents in London. Eight people win the Thumbs Up contest which gives them an opportunity to tour Europe. Uma (Soundarya) is one of the contest winners. Abhiram likes Uma and acts as their tour companion during their stay in Europe. A shy Uma could not express her love towards him, so she leaves a message in his answering machine. But Abhiram could not listen to the message at the right time. Hence, Uma presumes that Abhiram does not love her and goes back to India with her companions. Abhiram, who happened to listen to the message after Uma left, calls up Uma and makes contact with her. But it's too late for him, as Uma's father arranges his daughter's marriage with Jasjit, the brother of the main villain.

Meanwhile, Jasjit and his gang of goons are searching for a persona named Mahadeva Naidu. When Subramanyam's (Prasad Babu) father sees the photograph of Abhiram, he gets frightened and approaches Narasimha Naidu (Jaya Prakash Reddy). Narasimha wants to eliminate Mahadeva Naidu. When Abhiram comes to know that Uma may be forcibly married to another guy, he goes to her village to elope with her. Just when he reaches the railway station, a gang that is after his life chases him and Uma. Abhiram and Uma manage to evade the goons and flee. They are saved by Bhavani (Jhansi) in the nick of time. She takes him to a hideout where a group of people are hiding.

They explain to him about his past. He is the son of Mahadeva Naidu (also Venkatesh), who was the savior of the Dalits (untouchables) and downtrodden people of Karamchedu. He liberated the Dalits in that area and he was killed by the villains, who are none other than his relatives. Rudrama Naidu (son) and Jhansi (daughter) are taken away by Mahadeva Naidu's lieutenants so that they can be saved. Mahadeva Naidu swears that his son Rudrama Naidu would come back to destroy the villains and save the poor people. Rudrama Naidu, who was raised as Abhiraam, comes to know about his past and the rest of the film is about how he takes revenge.

Cast[edit]

Jayam Manadera Movie

• Venkatesh as Mahadeva Naidu & Rudraman Naidu / Abhiram (dual role)
• Soundarya as Uma
• Bhanupriya as Bhuvaneswari
• Jaya Prakash Reddy as Narasimha Naidu
• Atul Kulkarni as Basavayah
• Jhansi as Bhavani
• Brahmanandam as Krupakaram
• Tanikella Bharani as Malesh Yadav
• M. S. Narayana as Lingam
• AVS as Sonthi Paramahamsa
• L. B. Sriram as Mathayah
• Ahuti Prasad as Gangadharam Naidu
• Prasad Babu as Subramanyam
• Meena Kumari as Maheswari
• Kolla Ashok Kumar as Vyakuntha Naidu
• Banerjee as Kesava Naidu
• Ravi Babu as Ravindra Naidu
• Surya as Purushothama Naidu
• Raja Ravindra as Damodara Naidu
• Ashok Kumar as Priest
• Rama Prabha as Uma's Bamma
• Venniradi Nirmala as Parvathi
• Hema as Chandramma
• Priya as Uma's friend
• Narsingh Yadav as Police Officer
• Siva Parvathi as Narasimha Naidu's mother
• Indu Anand as Narasima Naidu's wife
• Ramyasri as Kesava Naidu's wife
• Gadiraju Subba Rao as Villager
• Satya Prakash as Janardhan Naidu
• Navabharat Balaji as Suridu
• Harika as Rangamma
• Bangalore Padma
• Sumalata
• Shobha
• Sunitha
• Srija
• Sweety

Soundtrack[edit]

Music composed by Vandemataram Srinivas. All songs are hit tracks. Music released on ADITYA Music Company.

Jayam Manadera Movie Release Date

Awards[edit]

• Venkatesh won Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu (2000).

Release[edit]

Jayam Manadera Film Songs

• The film released with 114 prints in 149 centres.^[2]

Box office[edit]

• The film collected a distributors' share of Rs. 12 crore in its lifetime theatrical run.^[3]
• The film collected a distributors' share of Rs. 3.04 crore in its opening week.^[2]
• The film ran 50 days in 104 centres and 100 days in 34 centres.

References[edit]

1. ^'Success and centers list - Venkatesh'. idlebrain.com. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
2. ^ ^ab'Cycle Stand - Telugu Cinema Records - Nuvvu Naaku Chav - Jayam Manadera'. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
3. ^http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/starhomes/venky/boxoffice.html